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BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS
SUBJECTS
--- Biography/Whitman; Literature/U.S.; World/Canada;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Male Role Model; Mental Illness;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Respect.
Age: 12+; MPAA Rating: PG-13; Drama; 1992, 108 minutes; Color.
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This is a fictionalized account of the friendship between Walt Whitman
and Dr. Richard Bucke, the director of an insane asylum located in a small town in Canada. A high school English teacher reports that her students are motivated to read and think about Whitman's poetry after seeing Beautiful Dreamers. The movie also shows the barbaric treatment of the mentally ill, the retarded and those with neurological conditions during the late 1800s.
The TeachWithMovies.com Learning Guide to Beautiful Dreamers helps teachers and parents introduce Walt Whitman and his poetry. It describes where historical truth ends and fiction begins (in the movie), presents background information about Whitman, and provides discussion questions concerning the themes raised in the movie.
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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a paragraph from the Learning Guide to Beautiful Dreamers.
Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) originally a printer and journalist, published Leaves of Grass in 1855. He perfected and expanded it throughout his life. Whitman's poetry celebrated democracy, equality, rugged individualism, and erotic love. Many of his subjects and much of his philosophy were radical for his time. His books were banned in some locations.
The Learning Guide to Beautiful Dreamers also contains sections on Benefits of the Movie, Possible Problems, Helpful Background, Discussion Questions, Links to the Internet, and Bridges to Reading. The Discussion Questions are divided into three categories: Subject Matter, Social-Emotional Learning, and Moral-Ethical Emphasis.
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